The Extras - Warner Archive December Release Announcement PLUS an EXTRA SPECIAL Announcement

Episode Date: November 5, 2024

Send us a textGeorge Feltenstein joins the podcast to announce six December Blu-ray releases, PLUS an EXTRA SPECIAL announcement you don't want to miss. George provides background on each film or TV series, the new HD master, and more clarification on the extras that will be included.  And he always drops some knowledge about what is being worked on for the future. There is no better way to learn about what is on the Warner Archive schedule than to hear directly from George.Purchase links are not yet available. Warner Archive Store on AmazonSupport the podcast by shopping with our Amazon Affiliate linkDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.The Extras Facebook pageThe Extras Twitter Warner Archive & Warner Bros Catalog GroupOtaku Media produces podcasts, behind-the-scenes extras, and media that connect creatives with their fans and businesses with their consumers. Contact us today to see how we can work together to achieve your goals. www.otakumedia.tv

Hi, I'm Gregory Orr, grandson of Jack L. Warner and producer of the documentary Jack L. Warner the Last Mogul, and you are listening to The Extras. Hello and welcome to The Extras. I'm Tim Lahrger, your host, and today I'm a little extra excited because not only do we have George Feltenstein on to announce the December Blu-ray releases from the Warner Archive, but there will be a little extra special announcement that we'll save to the end of the podcast that everyone, I think, will want to hear about. How's that, George, for a tease? I think that's an excellent tease.

People are probably wondering what is that all about? But I think it's, I mean, I'm very excited about it. And I think everybody else will be as well. So really looking forward to that and hearing about these December releases. And I remember, George, a few years ago, we, you mentioned that traditionally December has not been that big of a month for the Warner Archive. But after the last few years, it feels like you've been ramping up and ramping up. Are things changing?

And what brought that about? Well, I think it's preferable to have everything kind of locked and loaded before Thanksgiving. We usually would skip December for that reason, because there's so much noise with Black Friday and sales, and how are people gonna get attention? But we've also been struggling, and I don't think this is any secret, and I really wanna address it. We've been struggling with,

as the whole industry has basically, manufacturing delays at the plants or plant, I should say, because there's only one- Right. ... plant for all the companies in North America. It has delayed a lot of our releases, and we've also had delays in completing masters, and something would be supposed to be delivered by a certain date and then problems would be discovered and that would delay the delivery of the master which therefore it would delay

our release date and so I would like to have confidence in our replication facility that they will deliver when promised. And I know from speaking with people at other organizations that they're having the same issues because there is only one plant. And despite the fact that certain people are saying that the physical media is dying, there is certainly a very, very strong audience that is countering that argument with their pocketbook and buying discs. So, we hope that continues.

And I do want to apologize on behalf of the Warner Archive that some of our October 29th street date titles were late and as we're recording this people should have received some of them now, by now I should say, but there are also two titles that we learned last week weren't going to make it and they've been delayed till November 26th. Those are Sweethearts and the television series, Man Called Shenandoah. We don't like when that happens, but it's to make sure that the final product is of the proper quality. And I think people will be happy when those do arrive, albeit late.

Yeah, I think that the nice thing is that those horror titles got in, you know, in time. And I know I received my copies there and then these others, you know, it's it's been something that you've had to deal with for the last feels like three, four, five, six months. And it's a again, we're not the only company that's having this problem. Yeah, it's because it's, I mean, Q4, just from a business standpoint, that's always the busiest because you have the holiday seasons and the Black Fridays and Christmas gifting and everything, as you mentioned.

So but it's good news that it'll just be a few weeks later here into November for those releases. So well, there are a lot of December titles that you're going to be talking through today. So we should probably dive right in. Where do you want to start? Well, I leave that to your judgment. Surprise me. Okay. Well, I'm going to surprise you by being pretty traditional by starting at the oldest film. And that's partly because of course it has a major major star in it and this is Mr. Lucky from 1943. Well what's exciting for me about this is

we've had this film available as a not very good-looking DVD for more than 15 years and people have wanted something that looked and sounded a lot better. And this is one of those RKO films where the actual camera negative is still extent. And we did a new preservation scan off the camera negative in 4K and came up with the new 10 AP high-definition master for this release. Mr. Lucky is really just the definition of what made Cary Grant such an irresistible movie star.

The film had very, very successful sales for us on DVD. And it was just a matter of when we could get to that negative and there are other Cary Grant movies that will be coming. And we never know which one will be ready when, because everything is in such a different state. But I was happy we were able to get this released for this year.

Lorraine Day is Cary Grant's leading lady in this movie, and it's just terrific entertainment. It's brisk, it's sophisticated, and he's just so charming in this film that I think that's why it's a favorite among his fans. Yeah, I've seen a lot of excitement so far with the announcement. Obviously fans of Cary Grant are going to want to add this to their collection. And then you have a nice amount of the traditional kind of extras, I think, that you put on these 40s releases.

Well, we have two radio broadcasts, and those are always nice because they capture how specific film properties were going on to another media, if you will. They didn't have television yet and there is no other way to convey the story of the movie. This is after the movie had been released. People were reminded of it again when Cary Grant and Lorraine Day recreated their film roles in an hour-long radio presentation on the Luxe Radio Theater. We have that on the disk.

We also have a screen directorctors Playhouse broadcast, which at that time was a half-hour radio series. So you're taking a hundred-minute movie and smushing it into a half-hour, along with radio commercials of the day. But the cool thing about Screen Directors Playhouse was that you had the star, Cary Grant, and you had the the director H.C. Potter participating. That series ran, I think, for about four seasons on the radio, eventually expanded to an hour. These things are just wonderful little accoutrement to add to the feature itself. Even though it's an Archeo movie and we almost never have Arkayo trailers,

we have a trailer for Mr. Luck. Yeah, that's shocking. I saw that. That rounds out the extras on that title. Yeah, that's great that you actually have the trailer for this one. Very surprising. Well, next, just a couple years later, tell us a little bit about the Spanish main from 1945. Well, the Spanish Main is important for many reasons. First of all, it was the first RKO Radio Pictures production shot in Technicolor. And because it was shot in Technicolor, it hasn't looked very good in prior

incarnations and what we are able to do. I think a lot of people listening know what happens when we're able to go to original Technicolor camera negatives from the nitrate era and recombine them as only we can. And the net result is a stunning looking film. And this is also directed by the wonderful Frank Borzegi. We've had many of his films in the Warner Art Trek collection. Happy to say also this is an opportunity for Maureen O'Hara and Technicolor. They were made for each other. She's the leading lady in this swashbuckler and against type.

Paul Henry is the leading lady in this swashbuckler and against type. Paul Henry is the leading man. When people think of Paul Henry, they think of him as Victor Laszlo in Casablanca, or they think of him as Jerry Durrance in Now Voyager. But he's actually under contract to RKO and was loaned to Warner Brothers for those other films. He wanted to be the romantic leading man, RKO and was loaned to Warner Brothers for those other films. And he wanted to be the romantic leading man, and this is the film that gave him a chance

to do so. And everybody in the film is really entertaining, especially Walter Slaszak in the supporting role. He's quite humorously menacing, but it's gorgeous to look at. And we've added a Technicolor short from Warner Brothers of the Year called Movieland Magic. That's in high def. And there are two, basically Yosemite Sam as a pirate, Warner Brothers cartoons, also in HD Buccaneer Bunny and Captain Hairblower.

And we do have the original theatrical trailer as well on this RKO movie. We're doing pretty well in that respect, but it's swashbuckling, seafaring entertainment. It's just a lot of fun. It's not pretentious and it was beautifully produced. RKO took great pride in spending the money

because when you did a Technicolor movie, it cost three times as much. They took great pride in this production. Morino Ara would be in another Technicolor production for RKO two years later, Sinbad the Sailor, and we're hoping to do our Technicolor Restoration Magic for that title as well. No work has begun, but it's, you know, where do you start? Because there's so many other options of films that people want to see. And Swashbuckler films are very, very popular and very, very entertaining. Maureen O'Hara just was one of those people

that was meant for Technicolor with her fiery red hair. I think people are gonna love this. It got an Oscar nomination for Best Color Cinematography. It's very, very stylish and very handsome production. Well, because it is a Technicolor restoration, I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one looks. And I love adventure movies. It's an all-time favorite for me.

It's always entertaining. So I'm really looking forward to seeing the colors popping off the screen for this one. So looking forward to it. All right. Well, let's stay in the 40s with the last one you had from the 40s coming in December. And that is Nora Prentiss from 1947. This is a particular favorite of mine. I remember seeing this when I was a kid and the storyline was just kind of wacko weird.

It's most definitely a film noir, but basically a Kent Smith plays a respected family man doctor who finds himself falling in love with a nightclub singer, Nora Prentiss, and he basically loses all reason falling so madly in love with her, and the consequences are dire. This was directed by Vincent Sherman. And not unlike Bonnie and Clyde, this is a film that got a scathingly bad review from Bosley Crowther in the New York Times. Mr. Crowther was usually wrong about things. And I don't know how he kept his job at the Times for so many years, but so many great films were savaged by him and loved by audiences.

Nora Prentiss is a pretty frequently requested noir. We put out a DVD of this in the early days of the Warner Archive, that to put it kindly is kind of wretched looking. We didn't have the abilities that we have now as the business has grown. This is a 4K scan off the nitrate camera negative and it looks great and sounds great. And Anne Sheridan is just wonderful in the movie. I think people are going to be very happy with it. It's with a Warner Brothers cartoon that's one of my favorites, The Big Snooze with Bugs and Elmer.

This is where Elmer is basically fed up getting screwed over by Bugs in all those cartoons. As a result, he tears up his contract with Mr. Warner. This was actually made by Bob Clampett, but he didn't get credit cuz he had already left the studio. I just thought when i went back and research what what cartoon open with this movie when the movie opened in los angeles and i found out was the big snooze and. This is why we put the cartoons on the shorts with many features, is to try to recreate that theatrical experience of the era. So this is truly legitimate in that that's how the film opened in LA.

Of course, it didn't necessarily play with that cartoon all over the country, but that was enough for me. And we've got a great Joe McDowell short on here also with George O'Hanlon, so you think you're a nervous wreck and the trailer, so it's a nifty package and looks and sounds sensational. Well, I know there's a lot of excitement for this one. As you said, I think a lot of people have had this

on their Blu-ray wish list for a long time. Well, I wasn't gonna talk about this one next, but I decided let's talk about The Tall Target from 1951. Is this a noir? Well, when you say that this is a film about a conspiracy about attempting to assassinate Abraham Lincoln right after his election, you say that's not a film noir. But because this is directed by the great Anthony Mann, this film is really admired by a great many noir fans. man could work in many different genres and he was astute at creating, you know, tension and where the plot called for it. This is another Warner Archive DVD

release that needed an upgrade and fortunately we were able to do that. It is a big improvement from what was on DVD and a lot of people, because we've been putting a little bit of a focus on Anthony Mann with films like The Naked Spur and Devil's Doorway, people have been asking for this and you ask and if the circumstances are right, you shall receive.

I'm particularly excited about this. It's a great film. It is so taught and well done. And Dick Powell, who's the lead, said that this was the favorite film that he ever did. And it wasn't given the respect it deserved at the time of its release. And I don't think MGM quite knew how to market it, to be honest.

But in recent years, it has obtained the fine reputation that it has deservedly so earned. And we're happy to add it to the collection on a beautiful Blu-ray. And then you have a couple of nice extras on here as well. Absolutely. We, you know, taking into consideration the subject matter, I was trying to find if they ever did a radio adaptation of The Tall Target, but no one did. But Edward Arnold had a series on radio called Mr. President, and they had a specific episode two years

before The Tall Target came out that dealt with this very same, you know, assassination conspiracy situation. So we've added that and then we have two great 1951 Tom and Jerry cartoons in HD, Jerry's Cousin and Slicked Up Pup, and we have the trailer. So it's a nice package and film looks sensational. As all these films do when they get a revisitation, the improvement is dramatic and Dick Powell is really, really terrific. So I can't call it a film noir, but I can say that, you know, it has noir-ish overtones in the storytelling.

And it's to be appreciated, and it is appreciated by a lot of film buffs. And I hope that they will be very pleased with this presentation. Well, we're gonna jump a few decades to the 1970s for a couple of titles. And the first one that we'll go over is also kind of a, like a police has a PI in it.

And that's Black Eye from 1974. What can you tell us about this release? Well, this is a 1974 detective picture with Fred Williamson who was really having a very very strong movie career at that time and because a lot of the films released during the 70s that had African-American performers in them were labeled as quote-unquote black exploitation sometimes this film gets considered to be black exploitation movie, and it's not.

It is much more of a traditional detective film more along the lines of other, you know, breaking the law kind of movies you would see in the 70s. And Williamson had a tremendous screen presence. And this is a film that, again, has been cast aside in prior years, and I'm delighted that we can do more with it now. And this is a 4K scan off the camera negative. It looks terrific. It definitely looks like a film that was shot in 1974. He's really great in it. His leading lady is Teresa Graves,

who is in that series Get Christy Love, if people remember from the early 70s, and Rosemary Forsyth, really good cast, strong action, but very, very good storytelling. Williamson's character is an ex-cop named Shep Stone. And I think they could have made more films with that character at Warner Brothers,

but that did not come to pass at Warner Brothers. But there will be more Fred Williamson films coming from us next year. So there's a reason why he was called the hammer. He was very popular and as popular as a football star and then a movie star. So here's to Fred Williamson and Black Eye. Well, you have another one from a little later in the 70s that is garnering a lot of interest that I

saw. And it is, what does it have two different titles, George? Well, it has one, everybody kind of uses the shorthand and calls it a night full of rain because it's a Lena Wirtmuller film. And Lena Wirtmuller burst onto, she was making films in Italy for a few years before they started to have, I think it was in 1974 or 75, she made a film called Swept Away, except the real title was Swept Away, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, you know, as this long title. But it crossed over from being a little art film to being a financial success for its distributor of the time, Cinema Five, and it was followed by a film called Seven Beauties. And both those films had a leading man, Giancarlo Giannini, and that led to Warner Brothers

signing Lena Wurtmuller to a three-picture contract with Warner Brothers, and the first of which was this, A Night Full of Rain is the shortened title, but the real title is The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in A Night Full of Rain. That would be very hard to fit on the marquee. It posed a marketing challenge for the studio and it was her first film in English. Jean-Carlo Giannini, her leading man from Swept Away in Seven Beauties, is the leading man here opposite Candice Bergen, who is probably never more lovely than she was in this film.

It's really quite entertaining. It's very much a portrait of its time. It reflects the late 70s. It has a dash of comedy to it, and it's very entertaining and people don't get to see it. It's kind of fallen off the radar. Considering how popular Lena Wirtmuller was in the 70s, it's sad to me that a lot of people don't know who she is now. This film is another one that was an early Warner Archive DVD.

And we've gone back to the camera negative, scanned it in 4K, created a new master. Now it'll look and sound terrific. And that makes a big difference in your ability to enjoy a film in the quality of the presentation. Candice Bergen is terrific and Giannini is terrific. And I think people should take a chance on this movie. They won't be disappointed. Yeah, I think there's already quite a bit of excitement that I've noticed in

social media and I think that's partly because of, you know, the fan base for the director and her film. And when it opened, people were expecting something along the lines of, you know, she had built this basically momentum with Swept Away and Seven Beauties. And this was a different kind of film. And this ended up being the only film that Lena Verpmiller made for Warner Brothers. There weren't any further. But it wasn't because this film wasn't good. It was because this film just didn't quite fit in the way a major studio would market

a film that was really intended for an art audience. So I think people will appreciate having it available in a fine presentation. And this is where we look for the nooks and crannies in the corners of the library. And I think it will please a lot of the Wirt Muller fans. There are still many people that laud her work appropriately. RG You know, that makes me think, George, sometimes I see people making comments like, think, George, sometimes I see people making comments like, why is the Warner Archive releasing these titles that aren't well known? And it dawns on me like, this person must not understand

what it is the Warner Archive does. I mean, to make a statement about a title that is a hard-to-find or lesser-known gem. That's exactly what the Warner Archive does. And I think this film is a great example of that. And many of the ones that you've released that are more modern classics, but lesser known or didn't have an outlet. That's exactly our initial mission statement was rare and hard to find.

And yet we've released some very well-known popular films as well. The latter is only a reflection of the strength of our business and being able to be a boutique label within a motion picture studio, we're the boutique within the behemoth. So the fact that we're allowed to do what we do, we're the only operation like that that exists within a major studio to have a boutique sub-label, and that's what our

mission statement still is. The fact that we've been able to broaden our offerings to do things we thought we wouldn't be able to do years ago is a testament actually to the consumers who have supported our work. And that's why we're very grateful for all the support that we've gotten from Cinephiles for certain. Well, I teased that we were going to have a big special announcement and kind of as a follow up to what I just mentioned that Warner Archive does a lot of smaller, lesser known titles that have a strong fan base out there.

This one, George, should make a lot of people happy. Tell us about it. Well, this is something that I didn't think we would be able to do. This is our first 4K release, and it isn't just any 4K. If I have my facts correctly, my facts correctly, this film in the last AFI 100 greatest films, American films ever made, this film was voted I believe number 12 out of the hundred. This is one of the most famous classic American films from what could be the greatest director of American films, certainly at the top of the list. It's John Ford as director and the film is The Searchers.

It's been very well known for the last, I'd say two-thirds of 2024, that the studio embarked with the collaboration of the Film Foundation to create a new 4K master of the searchers from the original negative and to also have a 4K DCP that could be shown in theaters. They even created 70 millimeter print off the VistaVision negative, because this film in VistaVision, it being a wide format that was shot. VistaVision went through the camera horizontally as opposed to vertically.

So the size of a VistaVision frame is double the size of a traditional 4x3 frame on its side. So it gives you a 1.85 aspect ratio with no lenses like CinemaScope needed, where the picture was squished and then unsquished. This has tremendous depth of field and incredible clarity and it stars a guy you may have heard of named John Wayne. This is one of the most famous Warner Brothers films and the fact that the company is entrusted the Warner Archive collection to release this is a great honor for us. So accordingly, we're releasing on December 17th, a 4K UHD Blu-ray combo of the film.

The first 4K disc, it's on a BD-100 with a maximized bitrate and it looks amazing. The film restoration work having been done by the wizards of ours, as I call them, the people at Warner Brothers Motion Picture Imaging, and the result is gorgeous. The sky is no longer yellow on the searchers as you would find on our old blu-ray, which was badly misbegotten. And now we have a master of the remastered film, not the old master. It's a new blu-ray disc that also includes over an hour of special features, all of which are now in HD. We also have a commentary for the feature by the late Peter Bogdanovich. He began a whole generation of film and

analyzation and film criticism and could write so amazingly about it as a very young man, then went on to be a great director himself. He was a great friend to our company and we're so lucky to have this archival commentary. So that's on both the 4K disc and the Blu-ray disc. And all the rest of the special features are on the Blu-ray disc. We have a documentary called The Searchers and Appreciation. We have another documentary called The Turning of the Earth, John Ford, John Wayne, and the Searchers.

It was made by Nick Redman, who passed away a few years ago, and it was a passion project for him. People who admired him and admired his work, I think, will be very grateful to see that now presented in high definition. We have outtakes that are really, really interesting. And I don't think they've ever been on previous releases before. We have newsreel coverage of the film's world premiere in Chicago. And then we also have four different behind-the-camera sequences from the Warner Brothers Presents television series.

The Warner Brothers Presents television series was The Warner Brothers Presents television series was Warner Brothers first dive into the world of television, and they had three series in rotation in that series. And they would take like five minutes out of the very end of the program before you'd get to the climax. They would take five minutes out of the very end of the program before you get to the climax, they would take five minutes or so out to have Gig Young narrate these behind the camera sequences

about upcoming Warner Brothers movies. So we have one on Jeffrey Hunter, one on Natalie Wood, one on Monument Valley where The Searchers was filmed, and another that shows you how they set up the production. The disc is a BD-100 for the 4K UHD disc. It has Dolby Vision as well as HDR10. The film was mono and the original mono track has been cleaned up, but there's no fake stereo, no fake surround. It is its

inherent theatrical track with no false manipulation. And the Blu-ray is not only the second disc in the combo pack, which does have a very handsome sleeve around it, but we also have a standalone Blu-ray for those who prefer to just have Blu-ray, and so there'll be two different SKUs, both available on December 17th, and they should be coming up for pre-order fairly soon. This is something we've kept under wraps for a long time, and I also want to make it very clear. I've talked about the fact that we can't release 4k titles in the Word Archive because of the huge expense. And

this isn't representing a major shift. Our release schedule will pretty much stay blu-ray, but there are a few 4ks in our future. You may only see two or three or four in the next year, but we're opening the door a little bit where it's possible, especially when we're dealing with wide format films, which really are, they have to have the finest home presentation using the capabilities of 4K and HDR. And in this case, I'm very happy to say Dolby Vision. So the finest picture and the finest sound.

And I'm very happy to say that we engaged David McKenzie and his company Fidelity in Motion to handle the compression and authoring for these discs. David's company, Fidelity in Motion, is well known to enthusiasts of home media for his incredible work that he's done for so many labels. And I'm happy to say that this is the first collaboration directly with Warner Brothers and Fidelity in Motion. His acumen in compression and authoring is really the best in the industry, in my opinion.

I feel we're so lucky that he came on board to help us bring this magnificent film to 4K as well as remastered Blu-ray. So a lot for people to look forward to. And then I'll just reiterate, George, for those who are just Blu-ray, we get many people say, hey, I don't, you know, I'm not 4K, I don't have the equipment. There is the standalone Blu-ray from this new restoration. Right.

That was very important. It's on a BD50 and again, the same level of maximizing the potential of the Blu-ray disk at a very high bit rate and with all the special features, we give consumers a choice. I'm hoping that people will look upon this release because it's loaded with extras and we've used every means possible to make the film looks so amazing. I just couldn't believe how improved it was from anything I've ever seen before on it. I think people are going to be very pleased with it. The results will speak for themselves.

This has been something that we've been very excited about and I'm happy that it will be done in time that people can consider it a Christmas present from the Warner Archive. So there's two options there, folks. You, you Blu-ray fans, that's going to be an amazing, amazing Blu-ray to get. If you've been thinking, if the Warner Archive ever starts releasing 4Ks, would I want to get that? This is a great opportunity to do that as well, because you get the 4K and you get the blu-ray

so you still can watch the blu-ray if you haven't bought the player and then meanwhile get the player here knowing George as you said there's some more in the works down down the road knowing that there's some more coming at the quality level that that George you always do for your releases. So I'm so excited. I saw the film this summer and I saw the restoration, all the work that was done and it was amazing to see it. I'm so excited now that people can have it at home as part of their collection. I agree with you wholeheartedly Tim and we could not do justice to this film without giving it a first-class presentation. And I also want

to call out, I don't usually talk about this but I think it is worth talking about, the suggested retail price, the list price for the 4K Blu-ray combo is $29.99. The standard alone Blu-ray is consistent with other Warner Archive Blu-rays at $21.99. If certain retailers are selling our product for above list price, there is nothing we can do about that. It's not coming from us. And I want to be very clear, we have not raised our prices. And considering the amount of work that has gone into this great film,

I feel that the 4K Blu-ray combo is priced in line with providing consumer value. And when they see and hear the film as never before, I mean, I haven't even talked about the movie. I think we can do that another time when we're doing a different podcast, because we could do a whole podcast just on that and the restoration, because there's so much involved. But this is a big moment for us. And I want to be very clear again, it doesn't mean that we're shifting to a ramped up 4K

release schedule. No, we will have a fine Blu-ray release schedule, and there may be an occasional dip into the water with other very special films making their debut as a 4K disc. So there will be more, but our overall trajectory is not changing. Right. Well, George, I said at the beginning I was excited and now I

think people know why. I love this film. It's, as you mentioned, number 12 on the AFI list, top 100. I mean the actors, the director, where it fits into film history and it's just great entertainment. And the cinematography. And I happen to be nuts for VistaVision. VistaVision was a widescreen process developed by Paramount to compete with 20th Century Fox's process of CinemaScope. And it's very rare that other studios would use this division, but The Searches was actually not a Warner Brothers production. It was an independent production that Warner Brothers got involved in very early in the game. It was a C.V. Whitney production.

It's called the C.V. Whitney picture. Thankfully, it feels organically like a Warner Brothers movie because Max Steiner scored the music. So, everybody in the film is terrific. I think we should definitely take an opportunity to dig in deep, not only on the film, but on the pieces that we've added to it. A lot of people did a great deal of work to make this release as wonderful as it is. Yeah, very exciting. Well, we'll definitely be revisiting the Searchers when it comes out or closer to when it comes out because there is so much to talk about there, George. So I'm looking forward to that.

So, well, a great lineup for December. Wow, what a way to end the year. And I think I mentioned this last month and also maybe the month before, but when we're recording this, George, and people hear the December announcement, the November releases haven't come out yet. And I'm still so excited for all of those, for those animation fans out there. Of course, you've got the Looney Tunes that we talked about. Yes, we're going to have a lot to talk about. You got the Thin Man collection, which is coming out. So just in November, December,

what a great wrap to the year. October has been great. Just so much. So fun to hear about the momentum that you have going into the end of the year here at the Warner Archive. Absolutely. For those who would like more information about the films announced today, be sure to check out our Facebook page and our Warner Archive Facebook group. You can find the links to those and all of our social media sites and the podcast show notes. We'll post the pre-order links for the searchers and then for the other eight releases coming in December as soon as those are made available. But I just want to reiterate that since this is the first 4k release for the Warner Archive, I hope you guys will support it and will purchase it so that George can know confidently that going into next year that these other titles that are

on board or on the schedule for release in 4k will be supported. So I think that's important for those of you who you want to build out your 4k library. So let's get a good start for him with these 4k releases with the searchers. And I know that probably is not a big ask for many of you who have been asking for or looking for 4k titles from the Warner Archive. And I'm excited to hear at some point what these 4k titles will be. So be sure and continue to listen to the extras where George comes on and is so generous with his time in sharing with us what is coming down the line from the Warner Archive. So very

exciting month, a great lineup of six titles plus the Searchers 4k Blu-ray. If you aren't yet subscribed or following the show at your favorite podcast provider. You may want to do that so that you don't miss anything like these exciting announcements and special little tidbits that George brings to the show. Until next time, you've been listening to Tim Millard, stay slightly obsessed. Hi, this is Tim Millard, host of The Extras Podcast, and I wanted to let you know that we have a new private Facebook group for fans of the Warner Archive and Warner Bros. Catalog physical media releases. So if that interests you, you can find the link on our Facebook page or look for the link in the podcast show notes.